Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

"Yeah, no way. Absolutely impossible!"

The two receptionists still refused to believe the gossip article.

Even the report itself wasn't definitive—it was just speculation and overanalysis

from the media, not based on confirmed facts.

Not only did the receptionists see the article, but everyone else did, too.

Still, it was mostly people from Yantail and the Lafond Group who clicked on it. Regular folks who weren't interested in entertainment gossip either skimmed past it or deleted the notification.

Romina personally started

pulling out

a teasing tone, he said, "Good morning, Romina. You calling me this early- are you just too excited to treat me to lunch? Or are you already

article?" Feigning confusion, River replied, “What article? I usually turn off push notifications. If I want to read news, I'll look for it

your niece to the toy store. Didn't your temp bodyguard tell you someone was taking photos? You said you handled it and made them delete the pictures. So how are photos still being posted

saw the article and

she'd been secretly married for years and even had two kids, the oldest already six or

with accusations and scolded for keeping such a big secret. She felt completely

married, didn't have kids, and wasn't hiding anything-but her friend didn't believe her. The photos were there, after all. And they looked too convincing- River and Romina walking together, smiling, laughing, with River looking at her with such

up, she searched for the article herself. It was full of